Question

Read the passages:

Back to the flowery island of Sicily her mother brought her, and the peach trees and the almonds blossomed showily as she passed. The olives decked themselves with their soft grey leaves, the corn sprang up, green and lush and strong. The lemon and orange groves grew golden with luscious fruit, and all the land was carpeted with flowers. For six months of the year she stayed, and gods and men rejoiced at the bringing back of Proserpine. For six months she left her green and pleasant land for the dark kingdom of him whom she loved, and through those months the trees were bare, and the earth chill and brown, and under the earth the flowers hid themselves in fear and awaited the return of the fair daughter of Demeter.



"I, too, am powerful, and I am young! I do not fear you. When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm. Every living thing stirs in its sleep,—birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men. When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes. See! Already he begins to send down his arrows. Hasten! that they may not find you, on the trail to the North Sky."

The Old Man trembled. His legs and arms grew weak. Icicles fell from his beard. Great tears rolled down his cheeks.



How do these two texts depict spring in similar ways?

Question 3 options:

Both use words that carry positive connotations in order to depict spring as a time of rebirth and growth.


Both use images to show that spring is a dark and quiet time of year.

Both use images that show that spring is inevitable and it is not more important than the winter or any other season.

Both use words that carry negative connotations in order to show that the passing of winter is a sad and unhappy time.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct option is: Both use words that carry positive connotations in order to depict spring as a time of rebirth and growth.

In the first text, the author describes how the earth becomes alive and lush with vegetation during the six months of the year that Proserpine is on the island of Sicily. The author uses words like "peach trees," "almonds," "olives," "corn," "lemon," "orange," "golden," and "flowers" to create an image of the bountifulness of spring.

In the second text, the speaker talks about their own power and how every living thing stirs in its sleep when they touch the earth. The speaker refers to the sun awakening and sending down its arrows, which is a metaphor for sunlight warming the earth and causing growth. This text also uses positive words like "powerful," "soft and warm," and "stirs" to depict the power of spring.